The best schools have inspirational leaders, excellent teachers, and are responsive to their communities.

Why did we form the trust?

We formed the trust because we believe that the best schools have inspirational leaders, excellent teachers, and are responsive to their communities – and that schools are better able to develop these three key attributes through working together. The formation of the Leading Learning Trust will facilitate this joint working, whilst supporting each school to maintain its unique identity.

Working in partnership means working with our children, our parents, our staff, our leaders, our governors, our board and our communities to create a learning community in Newham. As part of this community, we hope that all involved will learn, develop and grow - and be part of our vision for Learning. Together. For life.

Who are we?

We are a charitable company limited by guarantee, funded directly by the Department for Education.

Who are we?

The Leading Learning Trust came into being on the 1st May 2016, and is a charitable company limited by guarantee. Like other trusts, we are funded directly by the Department for Education. Our trust consists of two schools: Selwyn Primary School (an Ofsted-rated Outstanding school, which is also the trust’s sponsor) and Portway Primary School, both located in Plaistow, in the London Borough of Newham. We are at the heart of a wonderfully rich and culturally diverse community that represents over 20 cultural groups and nearly 40 different languages. Selwyn Primary School is also a resource provision for deaf and hearing impaired pupils.

Our work is overseen by a board of trustees. Each of our schools also has a governing body. The work of our Executive Head teacher, Emma Nicholls (who is based at Selwyn Primary School) and Jacqui Waine (who is the Head teacher at Portway Primary School) is overseen by the school governing bodies and by the trustees. The Chair of the trustees is Steve Loganathan. Further information regarding our trustees and our governance arrangements is available on our trust documentation page.

What do we do?

Fundamentally, we aim to prepare our children for happiness and success in life. Our vision for our trust reflects this aim: Learning. Together. For life.

What do we do?

We explain our vision of ‘Learning. Together. For life.’ for our trust below. The way in which we work towards this vision is described by our values: Heart, Nurture, Grow, Respect, Succeed.

Learning

Together

For life

Our trust exists to provide opportunities for our children to learn

learning is a collaborative, supportive, undertaking, involving both children and adults

we aim to prepare our children for success in the lives that they will lead

Heart - our children's learning is always at the heart of everything we do

In addition, our school websites provide all the information required under the Information Commissioner's Model Publication Scheme. A listing of information that is available on request is available on the trust documentationpage, in the document entitled Our School Information Guide.